30 January 2015
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 04 February.
I can write a story set in a Norman castle.
R2s (our ‘remember to’ reminders…):
- capital letters and full stops
- adjectives
- conjunctions
Before you write your story think about these questions…
- Who would live in the castle?
- Do you have a goodie and a baddie?
- What does the castle look like inside and out?
- What main event happens to put one of your characters in danger?
- How do they get out of this danger?
- Is it a happy ending?
23 January 2015
The homeworks this week are Practice Makes Perfect and Talk Time.
The Practice Makes Perfect homework is a couple of Mathletics activities linked to our learning on fractions.
The Talk Time homework is a SEAL themed one, asking children: Why is it Good To Be Me? Lots of children (and adults) find it difficult to talk about things which they are good at. I’d like children to have a conversation about their strengths and why it is good to be them. We’ll talk about these next week in class.
23 January 2015
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Please make sure it is handed in by Wednesday 28 January.
I can describe my house and I know my address.
There have been lots of adjectives used this week to describe different types of houses. It would be great if the children could write a description of their house or their favourite room. This is also an ideal opportunity for the children to learn their address – it is important that they know where they live even if it is just the number of the house and the street name.
Please make sure that homework books are handed in by Wednesday – there are a small number of children who are not doing their homework or not handing it in.
23 January 2015
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Wednesday 28 January.
Which house would you live in and why?
All of the houses in your book are from different periods in time. Have a look. Imagine what they would be like inside and what it would be like to live there. Then, decide which house you would choose to live in and explain why you have chosen this.
Talk Time homework encourages discussion at the dinner table but please write a couple of notes explaining your choice to help you when we discuss the subject in class.
16 January 2015
This week’s homework is creative homework. Apologies that this homework has been posted later than normal – because of this, it is not expected to be handed in until Thursday 22 January.
Do all the things in my kitchen cupboards weigh the same?
This homework is creative but is reinforcing some learning that has happened in Maths. After looking at measuring mass (weight) this week, it will be interesting for the children to look in their kitchen cupboards and look at the weights of different products. This could be presented in a variety of ways:
- photos with labels showing mass
- drawings with labels showing mass
- comparisons of different products and their masses
- pictures / photos of products that do weigh the same
- photos of children cooking something and weighing the ingredients
16 January 2015
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 21 January.
What can you make out of the rubbish (recycling) you produce in your home?
Look around the house at the things you’re throwing away and think about what you could make out of them. The old man made a forest out of tin – think about useful, attractive and magical things you could make.
This homework is creative so you could decide to actually make an item and take a picture or bring it into school or you might want to design something in your homework book (especially if you’ve got an idea as big as the forest the old man made).
16 January 2015
The homeworks this week are Creative and Practice Makes Perfect.
The Practice Makes Perfect homework is another Mathletics one. They have a couple of different activities to do based on the learning we’ve done in class.
The Creative homework is to show examples of forces in action. We have been learning this in class so your child should have lots of ideas. They could find photographs which show forces in action or draw a diagram which shows forces in action. Examples could be a toy car rolling down a ramp, a person sitting on a chair, a floating boat, a tug of war contest. Children could also show whether forces are balanced or unbalanced. An example of balanced forces is shown below. In this example, the two men are pulling in opposite directions with the same force. This means that there is no movement.
To find out more about forces, follow the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/znmmn39
09 January 2015
This week’s homework is talk time.
Why is it good to be you? What is your talent?
Make sure your child is able to talk about this on Wednesday 14 January.
If you would like to share this talent with more people then sign up for “Moortown’s Got Talent” on Monday. Auditions will be held soon.
09 January 2015
The homeworks this week are Creative and Practice Makes Perfect.
The Practice Makes Perfect homework are two Mathletics activites linked to this week’s learning in class on negative numbers.
The Creative homework is I can investigate friction. We’ve been learning about forces in our topic lessons so this homework will build on this learning. Your child has to think of an investigation they can conduct which will compare friction created by surfaces or objects. They should explain what their investigation will test; their predictions; how they can ensure it is a fair test; and should communicate their findings.
We had a chat as a class and came up with a few ideas:
- Build a ramp and test how far a toy car will roll on different surfaces.
- One push skateboard tests on different surfaces.
- Test different types of shoe for friction on different surfaces.
- Make different sized parachutes and see which ones fall slowest (this measures the amount of air resistance).
- Push/blow different shaped toy boats or other floating objects to see which are affected most by water resistance.
12 December 2014
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Please make sure it is handed in by Wednesday 17 December.
The homework is maths and is making sure that the children recognise words in numbers and digits.
There won’t be any homework during the Christmas break but don’t forget about Mathletics and writing thank you letters to keep up those key skills.
Happy Christmas, everyone; thanks for your support this term.